2 Kings 23:13

“And the high places that were before Jerusalem, etc.] Not only that were within the city, and at the gates of it, but what were without it: which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption: the mount of Olives, so called from the idolatry and corrupt worship performed in it, by way of reproach, with a small alteration of the letters of the word tyjçm for hjçm; at the right hand, or south of this mountain, as the Targum; though others say f284, on the north side of the mount of Olives, four furlongs or half a mile from Jerusalem, were high places: which Solomon king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites,…”

“the high places . . . which Solomon . . . had builded--(See on Kg1 11:5). the right hand of the mount of corruption--The Mount of Olives is a hilly range on the east of Jerusalem. This range has three summits, of which the central one is the Mount of Corruption, so called from the idol temples built there, and of course the hill on the right hand denotes the southernmost peak. Josiah is said not to have destroyed, but only defiled, "the high places on the hill of corruption." It is most probable that Hezekiah had long before demolished the idolatrous temples erected there by Solomon but, as the superstitious people continued to regard the spot as consecrated ground, Josiah defiled it.”

“A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah. 2 Kings 23:4 The priests of the second order - This is a new expression; and probably refers to the ordinary priests, called here “priests of the second order,” in contrast with the high priest, whose dignity was reviving (2 Kings 12:2 note). The vessels - This would include the whole apparatus of worship, altars, images, dresses, utensils, etc., for Baal, etc. (2 Kings 21:3-5 notes). The ashes of the idolatrous objects burned in the first instance in the “fields of Kidron” (i. e., in the part of the valley which lies northeast of the city, a part much broader than that between the Temple Hill and the Mount of Olives) were actually taken to…”

“Corruption - The mount of olives, called the mount of corruption, for the gross idolatry there practiced. Which - Not the same individual altars; which doubtless either Solomon upon his repentance, or some other of Josiah's predecessors had taken away, but other altars built by Manasseh or Amon, which because erected by Solomon's example, and for the same use, and in the same place, are called by his name: this brand is left by the Holy Ghost upon his name and memory, as a just punishment of that abominable practice, and a mean to deter others from the like. Abomination - The idol, so called, because it was abominable, and made them abominable to God. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:14”

“23:13 Solomon had erected the pagan shrines because of his many foreign wives (1 Kgs 11:5, 7, 33).”

“the mount of corruption: that is, the mount of Olives, Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew mashchith from mashach, "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount hammishchah, of unction, but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of hammashchith, corruption. Solomon: Kg1 11:7; Neh 13:26 Ashtoreth: Jdg 2:13, Jdg 10:6; Sa1 7:4, Sa1 12:10; Kg1 11:5, Kg1 11:33 Chemosh: Num 21:29; Jdg 11:24; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:16 Milcom: Zep 1:5, Malcham 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:14”